it’s 98 but / grateful I didn’t have to / lace up my corset
Chicago haiku no. 108 | July 2012

city inferno / cooled with two icy showers / and peppermint soap
Chicago haiku no. 107 | July 2012

he stuns train riders / large bad-assed dude answers phone / “Good morning, sweetie!”
Chicago haiku no. 106 | June 2012

wanna install my / AC is not pick-up line / or euphemism
Chicago haiku no. 105 | June 2013

war health banks coal drugs / if you’ve got a complaint then / this is your weekend
Chicago haiku no. 104 | May 2012

hometown architect / for New York’s glitz swagger king / begrudged, we like it
Chicago haiku no. 103 | May 2012

forecasters predict / gridlock chaos, we await / NATO not snowstorm
Chicago haiku no. 102 | May 2012

they wait outside store / perhaps Victoria was / part responsible
Chicago haiku no. 101 | April 2012

100 haikus / still love to find small moments / in this big city
Chicago haiku no. 100 | April 2012

teen hormones, jitters / someday they’ll tell grandkids they / played Orchestra Hall
Chicago haiku no. 99 | April 2012

cities aren’t perfect / but tacos found anytime / make up for a lot
Chicago haiku no. 98 | April 2012

one by one he shares / his Cheetos with train riders / much to Mom’s chagrin
Chicago haiku no. 97 | March 2012

we are suspicious / weak winter now early spring / gift we did not earn
Chicago haiku no. 96 | March 2012

pathetic attempt / for true Chicago snowstorm / winter tries once more
Chicago haiku no. 95 | February 2012

like your wink smile / but wish you would have taken / off your left glove first
Chicago haiku no. 94 | February 2012